Are you a technology mom or dad?

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I remember when my kids were young, pagers were the electronic thing to have among the young people. We didn't get one for my oldest son... "What do you need a pager for?" we'd ask or "It will look like you're a drug dealer with a pager" these are the things hubby and I would say. Of course we used them for work but that was it. Then along came the internet email and chatting. We allowed the oldest to get online. We had two rules, no personal information exchanges with anyone, and no surfing without permission. Then came instant messaging. By then both boys were online. I would log the IM and password protect it so I could be sure they followed the rules, which thye did. Then came cell phones. By then the oldest was out of the house and had one. I didn't get one for the youngest until high school. Now he's in college. He hates to talk to me on the phone and many times I know he doesn't answer when he sees it's me. I decided to send a text one day and that ended the communication glitch! Now we text all the time. It's great, he always answers my messages. Added to that, all of us comment on facebook or myspace so I really can keep up with them both. It's hard to believe we did without all these things back in the day. So how about you, are you a tecnology parent? Do you communicate with your kids via the latest technology available?